• Title: The Redemption
• Year: 1912
• Duration: unknown
• Rating:
• Genres: Drama, Short

Summary The Redemption (1912)

Ellen receives a letter from her brother Bob, who is in prison, telling her that he will be free in a week and asking her to meet him. She does so and prevails upon him to go home with her. He refuses to meet her husband, desiring to defer it until he has "made good," so the husband is kept in ignorance of the fact that his wife has a brother. Ellen's little girl takes a fancy to Bob and the clandestine meeting are happy times for all three. The husband blows cigar smoke rings around the child's head and the brother follows suit, using a cigarette. It is a half-burnt cigarette found by the husband that first gives rise to suspicions of his wife's unfaithfulness. These suspicions are later confirmed by the child's prattle about liking the other man's smoke ring better than his. He finds a note from the brother, telling her the clothes she gave him proved a good fit and that he would be there the next day to bid her goodbye. He returns from his office in time to find his wife in her brother's arms and many tense dramatic moments follow before the situation is cleared up, and husband and brother are reconciled.

Synopsis The Redemption (1912)